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.TH NETTLE\-LFIB\-STREAM 1 "June 2007" "nettle 1.15" "Nettle tools"
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.SH NAME
nettle\-lfib\-stream \- pseudorandom generator
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B nettle\-lfib\-stream
.RI [ seed ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B nettle\-lfib\-stream
command.
This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
because the original program does not have a manual page.
.PP
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\fBnettle\-lfib\-stream\fP outputs a sequence
of pseudorandom (non-cryptographic) bytes, using Knuth's lagged
fibonacci generator, optionally using the integer \fIseed\fR as the 
seed. If no seed is given, \fBtime\fR(2) is used.
.PP
\fBWarning:\fP The stream is useful for testing, but should not be used
to generate cryptographic keys or anything else that needs real randomness.
.SH SEE ALSO
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagged_Fibonacci_generator
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@debian.org>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2007 Magnus Holmgren.
.P
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